About Virtlab

Virtlab Demonstration

Teaching And Learning Chemistry Can Be Fun!

What is Virtlab?

Virtlab is a no-cost web-based simulation of a college or high school chemistry laboratory

Virtlab is a series of hands-on experiments and demonstrations that use this simulated chemistry laboratory to perform experiments. Students can also build their own simulations using electronic spreadsheets.

Our authors pioneered this approach and have refined it over many years. We are among the first educators in the world to integrate personal computers and science education.

Teachers, Students, Home Schoolers:

To use Virtlab simply work with your standard chemistry materials as usual.

Most Virtlab exercises stand alone and can be used with any chemistry textbook or curriculum standard. Look to Virtlab to supplement your core material.

Virtlab's browser requirements are quite high. You must have a recent version of
the Flash Plugin (version 8 or higher) installed and Javascript and cookies must be enabled. This is the
default situation in most browsers. The site has been tested on recent versions
of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari but should work on most browsers. We have been unsuccessful in getting Virtlab to work
successfully with the Opera Internet Browser. We will continue to seek resolution to remaining browser incompatibilities.

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